"Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus" <schwa at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

> I was curious where Ephemerons came from, and in case others are too, 
> here's a reference:
> 
> Ephemerons: a new finalization mechanism; Barry Hayes; OOPSLA 1997,
> pages 176-183
I have a feeling PPS got a patent for the idea.

tim
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